For example, the Governor has proposed banning the simple possession of a firearm within 300 feet of a school. Such a law is meaningless to criminals who are likely prohibited under state and federal law from possessing a firearm in any location. The true impact of the school zone law proposed by Markell and Biden will be felt by law-abiding citizens, for whom every trip to the range or the hunting field would be akin to running blindfolded through a legal minefield. If the citizen were to stray into an area of 300 feet around any kindergarten or unmarked alternative school, the citizen would have committed a crime that could lead to financial penalties, loss of a job and a criminal record.
There is absolutely no evidence that the school zone law would provide any protection for children or anyone else. Could any rational person believe a madman intent on shooting up a school full of children (and facing the death penalty for doing so if he even planned to survive) would somehow be deterred by the fact that bringing a firearm within 300 feet of the school is illegal? Moreover, under Delaware law it is already a crime to carry a concealed deadly weapon and the penalty for that crime is enhanced if the crime occurs within 1,000 feet of a school.
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